"So-and-so just take revenge! As long as Li Thief's neck is on the head! ”

Just when Liu Fan muttered that he wanted to leave Guanzhong and wanted to go to Jiaozhou, some people only wanted to stay in Guanzhong.

"Father's revenge has not yet been avenged! How can I leave? I'm going to stay in Guanzhong! I want revenge! Ma Chao waved his arms and roared loudly.

A plague that changed a lot of things.

Originally, he was happy to see these Xiliang soldiers go to Yang Biao's men and horses for trouble, so although there was nothing on the surface, he actually made some supportive actions, not only letting Xia Mu send some grain and grass to come over, but even turning a blind eye to Ma Chao and others' raiding of the surrounding small dock forts.

However, with the sudden outbreak of the plague after a heavy rain in Guanzhong, the situation completely changed.

As long as the mind is still a little sober, he must know that after the plague, it will inevitably be followed by a sharp decline in the population and a shortage of food and grass, so Xia Mu immediately asked Han Sui to inform Han Sui, saying that he must not do anything to the surrounding dock forts, otherwise he will attack the Xiliang soldiers, not only that, but also reduce the ration for the Xiliang soldiers.

Xia Mu himself has to guard his own soldiers to eat, how can he have a magnanimous and hungry belly to supply the Xiliang soldiers?

Under the heavy rain, there was a sea of mud everywhere, and even if Ma Chao wanted to enter, there was no way.

As time passed, the use of Xiliang soldiers suddenly became nervous.

At first, Han Sui was able to send some to Ma Chao, but this time it was okay to send it twice, and after three or five times, it was necessary to supply it continuously, which made Han Sui feel pressured.

"Virtuous nephew, let's go back to Xiliang for the time being......" Han Sui looked at Ma Chao and had a headache, "...... There is no rush for revenge, and when we are fully stocked, it is not too late to come back......"

Ma Chao glared and said, "...... Is it too late to come back? ”

Han Sui nodded and said, "Yes, I'll come back when I'm ready." ”

“…… Ready to go? Ma Chao stared at the beads of his eyes, muttered a few words, and suddenly, he stepped forward and fell down on one knee in front of Han Sui, and said in a choked voice, "...... Poor mine, my father's bones are still missing! Uncle! I waited hard, and I didn't know where the food came from, but what ...... Then the Li thief has nowhere to get military rations! I just want to be able to kill the Li thief and avenge a certain father! ”

Logically speaking, what Ma Chao said is not wrong. Here in Xiliang, it is difficult for Han Sui and Ma Chao to maintain, and it is definitely even more difficult for Li Wei.

But the question is, if you want to find a small group of troops hiding in such a large area as Guanzhong, where will you go to find it at this time?

“…… Virtuous nephew, please get up quickly, ......" Han Sui stepped forward to help Ma Chao, then held Ma Chao's arm and said, "Brother Ma suffered this accident, and he was also grief-stricken...... However, the current situation is indeed not allowed to stay for long...... Virtuous nephew, let's listen to my uncle's advice, go back to Xiliang first, and then make plans......"

However, Ma Chao didn't listen, just shook his head.

It's not that Ma Chao doesn't understand the truth, but what he said before, he also patted his chest to the clansmen, and now he is slipping back, Ma Chao feels that he can't pull this face.

Like most people, the younger you are, the more you care about your skin. In other words, when you are older, you know when to put it down and when to pick it up.

Seeing that Ma Chao was so persistent, Han Sui could be regarded as bitter, although Ma Chao was indeed reckless sometimes, but after all, it was the revenge of killing his father, and it was understandable to ask for revenge, so he persuaded him again with kind words: "Virtuous nephew, even if you lead the troops to search, but you must know that the place where Li Thief is a plague-stricken place!" This plague is beyond the power of man...... You are leading people forward, which is tantamount to throwing food into the mouth of a tiger! Even if you don't think about others, you have to think about yourself and the people who follow you......"

"This! This ......" Ma Chao was speechless.

In this era, the plague is almost insolvable, which is naturally an important reason why Ma Chao's troops dare not move forward rashly. Although these Qiang riders are not afraid of life and death on the battlefield, they do not want to die in vain under the clutches of the plague.

"......" Ma Chao turned his gaze to his brothers, his people, hoping to get support and encouragement from them, but no. In the face of the plague, even the most brave warriors can't bear it, everyone knows this truth, so no one dares to rush into the hard-hit area of the plague like this.

“…… Retreat, retreat," Han Sui patted Ma Chao on the shoulder and said, "...... If you bury yourself and your people in the plague in vain, even if you have the opportunity to take revenge in the future, what's the point? ”

Ma Chao's raised head finally hung down, like a frosted eggplant......

“…… Let's go. Han Sui thought that he had persuaded Ma Chao, so he pulled Ma Chao and beckoned to pack his bags and prepare to return to Xiliang.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao followed and took two steps, but he broke free of Han Sui's hand, raised his head and said, "Don't go!" The revenge of killing the father, it's too late for a day! Uncle, you take your clansmen back first, as long as you leave 500 horsemen for a certain person! When a certain person kills Li Thief, he will turn back to Xiliang! ”

"You!" Han Sui was angry, but looking at Ma Chao's appearance, he finally sighed and said, "Okay, the virtuous nephew should be more careful in everything......

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Ma Chao may not have thought that such a willful move of his would be like a huge-stirring stick, stirring up the entire Guanzhong.

Originally, the forces in Guanzhong were generally relatively balanced.

Yang Biao is in Chang'an City, Zhu Jun is stationed in Lingyi, although there are not many soldiers, but they are also a military force, and Chong Shao and Liu Fan control the Chang'an City Defense and Forbidden Army, and Xia Mu is the commander of the army.

In terms of the number of soldiers, it is naturally more in terms of planting swords, but two-thirds of the troops are in Xia Mu, so near the left side of Chang'an City, Yang Biao's number of soldiers is even more than that of swords.

Therefore, in the area of Chang'an, on the whole, there are mutual checks and balances, and Yang Biao and Chong Shao are not sure that they can eat each other immediately in one go, so they frame each other politically and do a secret confrontation.

In fact, he also had the intention of using Xiliang soldiers as knives, but after all, Dong Zhuo was a lesson from the past, and if he couldn't control it, this Xiliang soldier was even more dangerous than Yang Biao, so in the end, he used this aspect of Xiliang soldiers as a backup means, so Xia Mu dragged it without doing anything.

However, this plague in the pass made it impossible to maintain such an ambiguous relationship between Chong Shao and Xiliang Bing.

After the plague, as long as people with a little brains know that the next period will inevitably be a shortage of grain and grass, so they all try their best to guard their own one-third of an acre, pulling their fingers and counting the storage, how can they still provide grain and grass to Xiliang soldiers?

Therefore, the retreat of the Xiliang soldiers is naturally expected to be a matter of cultivation.

As soon as Han Sui led most of the soldiers of the Xiliang soldiers to retreat, Xia Mu and the others naturally knew about it, so they immediately reported it to Chongshao. Chong Shao ordered Xia Mu to return to the dynasty with his soldiers, which immediately put huge pressure on Yang Biao and others.

But I never thought that Ma Chao didn't go, cruising around with a small group of troops, such a unit naturally could not carry a large amount of grain and grass, nor could it produce and sell itself, all the consumption was naturally eaten wherever he went, and they were all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, like horse bandits, looting everywhere.

This time, he was immediately caught by Yang Biao and others, saying that Chongshao, Xia Mu and others mobilized the people, but they could not protect the territory and the people, and let the Xiliang thieves and soldiers go, and even faintly reflected that the Chongshao and the Xiliang soldiers colluded with each other......

For a time, tension was raging in Guanzhong, and the relationship between Chong Shao and Yang Biao fell to the freezing point.

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“…… This Yuan Zhi, Guanzhong is already messy enough, he even wants to insert a kick......" Fei Qian pinched the short beard on his chin, holding the military report sent by Xu Shu in his hand, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

Yin Mountain in the north has just been born, and the south where Xu Shu is located is about to start making trouble again, this ......

Diaoyin, where Xu Shu is located, commands nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus the big seal left by Fei Qian to Xu Shuzuo Feng Yi, as the command center of the first line, Xu Shu naturally keeps his eyes on this area of Guanzhong.

If it weren't for the fact that the plague was indeed too terrible some time ago, Xu Shu would have already made a move to Zuo Feng Yi, and now that the plague is gradually subsiding, the plan to develop to the south is naturally put on Fei Qian's table again.

But the question is, is it a good time to expand southward at this time?

According to the original idea of Fei Qian, at least it is necessary to wait for a while, let Yinshan recover a little, and within Fei Qian's plan, this year, taking advantage of the opportunity of Xianbei's defeat, he will also send troops to the north, and when the Xianbei tribe is multiplying, he will make a little fortune and get some war dividends.

Everyone knows that the Hu people are generally used to go south in late autumn and early winter, which happens to be the richest time of the year for the farming people, and they have just harvested a lot of grain, so the Hu people can go back with a lot of loot to spend the winter happily.

So there is seasonality for farming peoples, and there is no seasonality for nomads?

There are the same, but this season just happens to be when the farming people are not in good spring, so the farming people don't have much heart to put down the hoe in their hands, throw down the seedlings in the field, and go all the way to trouble the Hu people.

However, Feiqian is different here, anyway, this year, the vicinity of Yinshan is generally going to be lost, even if it is at this point in time to replant some crops with a short growth period, it will not be able to harvest much, it is better to completely sweep once, and completely solve the threat of Xianbei in this part, and provide Yinshan with a safer period of long-term development time.

Every year from May to about August, it is the time for livestock breeding on the grassland. During the breeding period, just like the farming people, they all need a stable place and an area with abundant water and grass, so this time node is the biggest disadvantage of the grassland people.

Anyway, if you go to the best place for aquatic plants on the grassland, you will definitely catch a ......

As early as when he didn't come to Bingzhou, Fei Qian had already begun to make preparations for such an aspect, and even when he left the Huang family in Jingzhou, he brought some relevant things and manpower, and Xu Huang and Pang Tong also knew about it at that time, or how much they guessed......

There is a time difference, since the Hu people came to rob during the harvest season of the Han people, then they can't complain about the potential breeding season on the grassland to fight back.

It's complicated to say, but it's actually quite simple.

Castration.

Since the war horse will be in heat during this time period, then the root of the troubles will be cut off. The people of the Central Plains understood such a technique very early, but it seems that it was first used on their own bodies......

Since arriving in Bingzhou, there have been campaigns one after another, and some of the war horses have been damaged and retired from the front line to recuperate, and some of them have been castrated under the arrangement of Fei Qian.

After castration, the war horses have grown up relatively quickly, and there will be no conflict with other war horses in the same groove, so the recovery is not bad, and now the number is calculated, and now the horses that have recovered from their injuries after castration have been nearly a thousand.

Such a strength is enough to give Hu Ren a pot to drink.

Of course, castration is good, but it cannot be used on a large scale. The castrated war horse is docile and obedient, and it is the first choice of many southern Han people who are not good at riding horses, but after all, it cannot reproduce, it is a one-time non-renewable resource, and it is over when it is used up.

Therefore, Fei Qian also tried to control the number of castrated war horses as much as possible within a certain range.

In addition to this, the castration and breeding technology of domestic pigs is also constantly advancing, and it seems that it has achieved certain results, and now farmers breed a few marshal canopy, not only for food, but also for fertilization with their manure, so in Binh Duong, the house feeding specially built for domestic pigs has gradually increased.

Fei Qian lightly tapped his fingers on the table, although he wanted to use troops against the Hu people gathering places around the north of Yinshan, but it was probably only about three thousand enough, and it was just a plunder and transportation, and there was no need to invest too much, and it was not impossible for the remaining soldiers to be transferred to the south......

What Xu Shu said also makes sense, now near Chang'an, Chong Shao and Yang Biao are in a stalemate, and they have no time to take care of anything else, so they first sent troops to seize some of Zuo Fengyi's cities, which can threaten the Chang'an area, and retreat can also obtain Zuo Fengyi's land and population, and then they can affect the situation in Guanzhong, and then decide the next direction according to changes.

In this way, it is at least better than drying in the shade of carving.

After all, if there is any change in Guanzhong, Diaoyin is still a little farther away, and when he receives any information, and then starts from Diaoyin, the dust may have settled by the time he arrives.

But the problem is that the grain and grass on this head are not in supply at the moment, and there is indeed a headache, where to get some money and food?